San Francisco becomes Gotham City for boy who battled cancer

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San Francisco becomes Gotham City for boy who battled cancer

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/san-francisco-becomes-gotham-city-boy-battled-cancer-014131093.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/PNHe34eOZ1j.n7MiaRPD9g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-11-16T014131Z_1_CBRE9AF04PB00_RTROPTP_2_USA-SANFRANCISCO-BATMAN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Five-year-old leukemia survivor Miles Scott, dressed as &quot;Batkid&quot; looks at a Batman balloon in San Francisco" align="left" title="Five-year-old leukemia survivor Miles Scott, dressed as &quot;Batkid&quot; looks at a Batman balloon in San Francisco" border="0" /></a>By Laila Kearney SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - San Francisco on Friday morphed into a Gotham City wonderland, where caped crusaders fought mischievous villains aboard cable cars and on sidewalks, for a little boy who celebrated his win against cancer by becoming &quot;Bat Kid&quot; for a day. Five-year-old Miles Scott was cheered on by thousands of fans as he whizzed around the city with his crime-solving partner Batman â€" rescuing a damsel in distress from a train track, arresting comic book foe the Riddler at a bank and chasing the Penguin through a ballpark â€" in a Make a Wish Foundation project. Even President Barack Obama got in on the caped crusade, releasing a short video on the website Vine to say &quot;Way to go Miles, way to save Gotham.&quot; The nonprofit Make a Wish foundation worked with the city of San Francisco to stage the event for Miles, who has battled leukemia since he was a year old. After his day of heroism, Miles was greeted by a cheering crowd of people outside City Hall, where he received a key to the city from Mayor Ed Lee.</p><br clear="all"/>

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